IAA Leadership Awards 2021: Bobby Pawar, Nandini Dias win creative, media honours; RS Sodhi bags 'Business Leader of the Year'
Raj Nayak inducted into IAA's 'Hall of Fame' and Anil Kapoor bags 'Brand Endorser of the Year'
Sep 25, 2021 07:02:00 AM | Article | Campaign India Team Share - 
The International Advertising Association’s (IAA) India Chapter announced the winners for the eighth edition of its Leadership Awards in Mumbai on 24 September.
Among the 24 winners on the night were Bobby Pawar, chairman, chief creative officer, Havas Group, who won the IAA Creative Agency Leader of the Year; Nandini Dias, CEO, Lodestar UM, who won the IAA Media Agency Leader of the Year, and NP Singh, MD and CEO, Sony Pictures Network, who won the 'IAA Media Person of the Year'.
Raj Nayak, founder and MD, House of Cheer, was inducted into IAA's 'Hall of Fame'.
RS Sodhi, MD, GCMMF, was awarded IAA's 'Business Leader of the Year', while actor Anil Kapoor bagged IAA's 'Brand Endorser of the Year' award.
CATEGORY NAME | WINNER NAME |
Marketer of the Year - Auto (Passenger Vehicles) | Shakti Upadhyay Head of Marketing & PR KIA Motors |
Marketer of the Year - Auto (Two Wheelers) | Ranjivjit Singh Chief Marketing Officer Hero MotoCorp |
Marketer of the Year - Consumer Durables – Electronics (TV) | Abhiral Bhansali Product Head - Television Business LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd |
Marketer of the Year - Consumer Durables – Others | Asim Warsi Sr VP & Chief Marketing Officer Samsung India |
Marketer of the Year - Mobile Devices | Jaskaran Singh Kapany Chief Marketing Officer Xiaomi Technology India Private Ltd |
Marketer of the Year - Telecom | Rohan Khanna Head Marketing - Jio Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd |
Marketer of the Year – Retail | Ravi Nagar Chief Marketing Officer Avenue Supermarkets Ltd (DMart) |
Marketer of the Year - FMCG -Food | Jayen Mehta Sr GM, Planning and Marketing, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (Amul) |
Marketer of the Year - FMCG -Beverages | Anjana Ghosh Director - Marketing and CSR Bisleri International Pvt Ltd |
Marketer of the Year - FMCG - Personal care | Rajesh Krishnamurthy Business Director - Consumer Products Division Himalaya Wellness Company |
Marketer of the Year - FMCG – Homecare | Rahul Gyanchandani Joint Managing Director RSPL Limited |
Marketer of the Year – Banking | Dinesh Kumar Khara Chairman State Bank of India |
Marketer of the Year - Insurance | Shyam Sunder Executive Director – Corporate Communication Life Insurance Corporation of India |
Marketer of the Year – UPI | Sameer Nigam Founder & CEO PhonePe |
Marketer of the Year - E-Commerce | Ravi Desai Director, Mass and Brand Marketing
Amazon |
Marketer of the Year – EdTech | Atit Mehta Marketing Head - Think & Learn Pvt Ltd BYJUs |
IAA Business Leader of the Year | Dr R S Sodhi Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (Amul) |
IAA Creative Agency Leader of the Year | Bobby Pawar Havas Group |
IAA Media Agency Leader of the Year | Nandini Dias Lodestar -UM |
IAA Media Person of the Year | N P Singh Sony Pictures Networks India |
IAA Editor of the Year | Raj Kamal Jha The Indian Express |
IAA TV Anchor of the Year | Palki Sharma Upadhyay WION |
IAA Brand Endorser of the Year | Anil Kapoor |
Hall of Fame | Raj Nayak |
Megha Tata, president, IAA, said, "It is so rewarding to see the best in the business taking the time to be here and accepting these awards tonight. While we were planning the awards for 2021 we wanted to highlight leaders that have established new age businesses. We wanted them to share the stage and form a balance between those that have run the country and the world. For one thing this year has taught us is to be agile. In the year 2020 we have used and misused the terms unprecedented times quite a few times. We use the term to showcase the problem, the troubles, the challenges but it also led to unprecedented growth, unprecedented opportunity and unprecedented victories. We have seen time and again that change or unexpected situations often lead to some brands or organisations and people succeeding while some may collapse. The difference between the two begins right at the top with the leader. And while I can describe our leaders tonight in many ways, I would just like to say that these unprecedented times call for unprecedented leadership and our leaders today definitely delivered on that.”
Nandini Dias, co-chair, IAA Leadership Awards, said "We often talk about the glass half empty or half full, about optimism and pessimism, about positivity and negativity. But the truth is it doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. What only matters is how thirsty you are. Which brings us to the definition of leadership. True leadership is often about perspective, inner perspective. And for men and women with vision it is not always about different things, but sometimes it's about the same things differently. That’s when one understands what leadership is actually made of. Leadership is not a talent, art form or science. It is simply about taking the first step in spaces where there are no written rules. So you make your rules because you make your own limits."
